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ThunderThighs

Last year at Christmas time, my mom went to my sister's house for the traditional holiday feast.
Knowing how gullible my sister is, my mom decided to play a trick.

She told my sister that she needed something from the store and asked if my sister wouldn't mind going out to get it. When my sister left the house, my mom took the turkey out of the oven, removed the mixed stuffing, stuffed a Cornish hen, and inserted it into the turkey... then re-stuffed the turkey. She then placed the bird(s) back into the oven.

When it was time for dinner, my sister pulled the turkey out of the oven and proceeded to remove the stuffing. When her serving spoon hit something, she reached in and pulled out the little bird.

With a look of total shock on her face, my mother exclaimed, "Barbara, you've cooked a pregnant bird!"

At the reality of this horrifying news, my sister started to cry hysterically.

It took the entire family almost two hours to convince her that turkeys lay eggs!

pooflady

Last year at Christmas time, my mom went to my sister's house for the traditional holiday feast.
Knowing how gullible my sister is, my mom decided to play a trick.

She told my sister that she needed something from the store and asked if my sister wouldn't mind going out to get it. When my sister left the house, my mom took the turkey out of the oven, removed the mixed stuffing, stuffed a Cornish hen, and inserted it into the turkey... then re-stuffed the turkey. She then placed the bird(s) back into the oven.

When it was time for dinner, my sister pulled the turkey out of the oven and proceeded to remove the stuffing. When her serving spoon hit something, she reached in and pulled out the little bird.

With a look of total shock on her face, my mother exclaimed, "Barbara, you've cooked a pregnant bird!"

At the reality of this horrifying news, my sister started to cry hysterically.

It took the entire family almost two hours to convince her that turkeys lay eggs!

mphdavid

daj59 wrote:Sigh. And we lose another holiday. It's an American holiday. Seems like they could focus on Pilgrims & myth busting. Sigh. Sigh Sigh.

I totally agree. I teach 2nd grade and my students don't even know what Thanksgiving is or why we give thanks or ... Sometimes the teacher doesn't leave it out on purpose but feels so stressed trying to meet all the standards and forgets that teaching about holidays is a standard, too.

NeoLuddite

A bit more, but not too bad.
The media has to have something to hype up, just like an approaching snowstorm or tropical weather event.
When I was in TX last month we had straight line winds stronger than anything that hit the eastern seaboard this hurricane season, but I didn't see any Weather Channel guys around lashing themselves to mesquite trees.

We've got the full crew coming over. Kids, grandkid, girlfriends, in laws, aunts, uncles, and even a friend of my daughter's who lost both of his parents in his teens. It's kind of a depressing holiday for him, since he basically has no family left. Always room for one more.

pooflady

We've got the full crew coming over. Kids, grandkid, girlfriends, in laws, aunts, uncles, and even a friend of my daughter's who lost both of his parents in his teens. It's kind of a depressing holiday for him, since he basically has no family left. Always room for one more.

NeoLuddite

Certainly.
The whole group seems to get along well and have fun, despite huge differences in age, religion, politics, etc.
Anyone who starts an argument or has their feelings hurt is immediately ridiculed into submission.

pooflady

NeoLuddite wrote:Certainly.
The whole group seems to get along well and have fun, despite huge differences in age, religion, politics, etc.
Anyone who starts an argument or has their feelings hurt is immediately ridiculed into submission.

Yeah, tomorrow we'll range from four years old to mid 60s. Everyone has a good time.

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